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PG's Chris Burgess is On Location in Frankfurt, Germany, where he visits the Martin Guitars booth. In this video, we get to see and hear the new 1 Series, a take off the popular X and Road Series guitars. However, the just announced 1 Series guitars, are the first guitars for Martin at this price point that feature REAL solid sapele sides and back and a solid sitka spruce top. The necks are composed of rust stratabond, which stabilizes and holds the neck in place for years to come. In addition, they come with a style-28 rosette, modified hybrid ''X'' scalloped bracing and solid East Indian rosewood fingerboard and bridge.

PG's Chris Burgess is On Location in Frankfurt, Germany, where he
visits the Spector Basses and Guitars booth. In this video, we get to
check out two of their latest creations. First, we check out the
NS-4H2-EX bass which features graphite reinforced 3pc bolt-on Rock
Maple Neck, 24 Fret Pau Ferro fingerboard, mother of pearl Spector
inlays, Aguilar OBP-3 3 band active tone controls, special EMG MM4
pickups, a custom aluminum Hipshot bridge with brass saddles and
Hipshot UltraLite tuners. Second, we check out the ARC6 guitar which
comes with an original Spector ARC6 curved body style, acoustically
chambered body, 22 Fret Neck-25" Scale-16" Radius, a special set-neck
design for increased sustain and can be equipped with either Harmonic
Design Z-90 or Harmonic Design humbucker Pickups.

PG's Chris Burgess is On Location in Frankfurt, Germany, visiting
the Blackstar Amplification booth and checking out their newest line of
amps: the Series One. In this video, we get to see and hear the
200-watt head, which features 4 ECC83, 1 ECC82, and 4 KT88 valves, a
built-in DPR power reduction, and 4 footswitchable channels for a total
of 6 modes and 2 ISF-equipped tone control sections.

PG's Chris Burgess is On Location in Frankfurt, Germany, where he
visits the Amfisound Guitars booth. In this video, we get to check out
these metal-influenced guitars from Finland, which have a twist. They
have all the appointments metalheads need and love, but feature piezo
pickups, f-holes and some versions have semi-hollow bodies.

PG's Chris Burgess is On Location in Frankfurt, Germany for
Musikmesse '09 where he visits the Forge Active Bass Amps booth. In
this video, we get to hear and see their Forge AXB Bass Preamp Head
which runs through their AXB 4108 Cab. The preamp head features 4-12AX7
and 3-12AU7 tubes, selectable clean tube for crisp tones or classic
tube for aggressive tube sound and an active 5-band EQ. The cabinet
runs on 2100 watts and features Neodymium speakers, one 18" sub, four
10" bass, and three 5" high-frequency.

PG's Chris Burgess is On Location in Frankfurt, Germany, for
Musikmesse '09 where he visits the Fret King booth. In this video, Trev
Wilkinson (Fret King founder) guides us along a tour of Fret King's
series; Blue Label & Green Label. The guitars are said to be based
on some of the world's most popular body styles, but have updated and
improved appointments to give them that added boost for nearly every
player. In addition, these accommodating guitars come with a very
reasonable price tag.

PG's Chris Burgess is On Location in Frankfurt, Germany, where he
visits with Jeorge Tripps who is known for his work with Way Huge
Electronics and Dunlop Electronic Products. They talk Way Huge coming
back in full force, and all new products for Way Huge, Dunlop pedals
and MXR.

PG's Chris Burgess is On Location in Frankfurt, Germany, for
Musikmesse where he stops by the Bolt Amps booth. In this video, we get
to see and hear Bolt Amps' first head, a 100-Watt (2 12AX7 preamp tubes
& 4-6L6 or EL34 tubes) rendition which features three channels
(Lead, Clean and Crunch). This amp also includes 3 selectable Reverbs,
selectable active & passive EQ, 3-position voicing switch and a
SoloBoost option.

PG's Chris Burgess is On Location in Frankfurt, Germany, for
Musikmesse '09 where he visits the Levy's Leather booth. In this video,
we get to hear from Harvey Levy about some of his newest guitar straps
including those made from synthetic materials, cotton, genuine leather,
distressed leather and nuback leather. All these straps feature either
graphic designs or stitched embroidery to suit each player's cosmetic
and fashion preferences.

PG's Chris Burgess is On Location in Frankfurt, Germany, for
Musikmesse '09 where he visits the Red Brand Guitar Strings booth. In
this video, we get to see the first ever 80/20 copper/phosphor bronze
strings made by Red Brand. They are said to warm any acoustic guitar
with a louder, more articulate sound.

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